| Word / Term | Definition |
| Ancilla | An "adolescent" vampire |
| Anarch | A rebel among the Kindred, one with no respect for the elders. |
| Antedeluvian | One of the oldest Vampires. Of the third generation. |
| Archon | A powerful vampire who wanders from city to city. |
| Book of Nod, The | The "sacred" book of the Kindred. Never been published in its' entirety. |
| Beast, The | The urges which prompt vampires to forsake their humanity |
| Bloodline | A distinct lineage that is outside of the 13 clans |
| Blood Bond | A mystic Servitude to another vampire as a result from drinking his blood three times. |
| Boons | Favors owed |
| Caitiff | A vampire with no clan |
| Childe | A derogatory term for a young, inexperienced, or foolish vampire. |
| Childer | The group of Progeny under a single vampire |
| Clan | A group of vampires who share certain mystical and physical characteristics. Not unlike a family |
| Coterie | A group of vampires that protect and support one another |
| Damned, The | All vampires, in general |
| Diablerie | The cannabalistic behavior common among kindred, involving the concumption of the blood of another vampire |
| Domain | The fiefdom claimed by a vampire, usually a prince. |
| Elder | A vampire of more than 300 years of age |
| Elysium | The name given the place where the elders meet and gather, commonly operas, theaters, or other places of high culture. |
| Embrace, The | The act of transforming a mortal into a vampire, by draining the mortal's' blood and replacing it with a small amount of the vampire's own. |
| Frenzy | The state of being when the beast take control. |
| Garou | werewolf |
| Generation | The number of steps between a vampire and Caine. Cain being the only one of the first generation. |
| Gehenna | The impending Armageddon, when the antideluvians shall awaken. |
| Ghoul | A servant created by allowing a mortal to drink the blood of a vampire |
| Golconda | The state of being that which many vampires do aspire, in which a balance is found between beast and humanity |
| Haven | The home of a vampire or place which he sleeps during the day. |
| Inconnu | A sect of vampires who have removed themselves from both mortal and Kindred affairs. |
| Jyhad, The | The secret war being waged between the antediluvians, using younger kindred as pawns |
| Kindred | A vampire; one of the blood |
| Lupine | A werewolf |
| Masquerade, The | The effort began after the end of the great wars to hide kindred from the mortal world |
| Methusalah | An elder who no longer lives among the other kindred. Many are members of the Inconnu |
| Neonate | A young, newly created kindred |
| Numina | The special powers held by mortal hunters |
| Pack | A basic social unit of the Sabbat |
| Primogen | A citie's ruling council of elders |
| Prince | Male or female. A vampire who has established a claim to rulership over a city and is able to support that claim. |
| Progeny | A collective term for all vampires created by a single sire |
| Regnant | One who holds a blood bond over another vampire |
| Sire | The parent-creator of a vampire, both male and female |
| Thrall | One blood bonded by another vampire. |
| Vessel | A potential or past source of blood, typically a human |
| Vitae | Blood |